The Nickname Game

Everyone loves the FA Cup. The passion, the drama, the heroics…

…unless you’re a fantasy manager, in which case, you have serious cause for loathing it - for two reasons.

1. You have to sit through an entire weekend, fists clenched with worry, as your precious fantasy assets give their all in a competition that doesn’t even benefit your fantasy team - praying that they manage to avoid pushing over the ref or karate kicking a spectator, or fracturing their skull, or bruising their earlobe.

2. It’s really boring. After all, football means more when fantasy bragging rights over your mates/colleagues are up for grabs.

So, we’ve come up with something insignificant, but fun, to take your mind off things.

The ‘name’ of the game is simple. We’ve given you twenty players, past and present, and twenty nicknames. Simply match the player to the nickname. Here goes:

We’ll publish the results next week. In the meantime, don’t hesitate to remind us of any favourite nicknames we’ve missed out…